WOMEN’S HARD LABOR
Fighting for their equal rights
A project in tribute to Women’s History Month
March 14-16, 2012Evan Brees, Rm. 7
By
GerardoHattieJorge
Jessica
WOMEN SYNOPSIS
This slideshow will talk and show important events
and people concerning the evolution of women’s
rights.
ABORTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS
Roe V. Wade 410 U.S. 113 (1973) is a landmark decision by the united states supreme court on the issue of
abortion. Decided simultaneously with comparison case Doe V. Bolton the court ruled that a right to privacy
under the due process cause in the fourteenth constitution extends a woman's decision to have a abortion
but that right must be balanced against the states two ligament interest for regulating abortions : protecting
parental life and protecting the women's health saying that these states interest become stronger over the
course of a pregnancy, the court resolved this balancing test by trying to state regulations of abortion to the
women's current trimester of pregnancy. The court later rejected Roes trimester frame work, while affirming
roes central holding that a person has a right to an abortion until viability. The roe decision defined “viable” as
being potentially able to live outside the mothers womb, albeit with artificial aid,” adding that visibility is
usually placed at about seven months (28 weeks) but may occur earlier, even at (24 weeks).” in disallowing
many state and feral restrictions on abortion in the United States, Roe vs. Wade prompted a national debate
that continues today, about issues including whether and to what extent abortion should decide the legality of
abortion, what method the supreme court should be of religious and moral views in the political sphere. Roe v.
Wade reshaped national politics, dividing much of the united states into pro-choice and pro-life camps, while
activating grassroots movements on both sides.
GRISWOLD VS. CONNECTICUT(1965)
One of the important cases in women’s rights history, Griswold
vs. Connecticut dealt with a Connecticut state law banning the
use of contraceptives. This landmark ruling established a right
to privacy within a marriage, even though this was explicitly
guaranteed in the constitution. Married woman were granted
the undeniable right to use contraceptives by the right to
privacy. While this ruling did not address the question of use
contraception outside of marriage, it was a step in the right
direction for woman's rights.
MULLER V. OREGON (1908)
While this Supreme Court case outcome was not exactly successful for
women’s rights, it was a landmark case in the history of gender equality.
Unanimously, the Supreme Court upheld an Oregon state law limiting
women to working no more than ten hours a day (which was not the case
for men). This ruling was negative in that it expressed an opinion of
inequality between men and women. Claiming that the ruling was set in
place to "protect" women, this result only upheld the patriarchal ideal
that women are the lesser sex. However, Muller v. Oregon did ignite some
positive consequences, beginning a widespread public discussion of
women’s rights and gender equality.
IMPORTANT WOMEN LABOR EVENTS
1765-The first society of working women, the Daughters of Liberty, is organized as an auxiliary of the
Sons of Liberty, a workingman's association.
1825-The first union for women only formed: The United Tailoresses of New York.
1872-Congress passes a law giving women federal employee equal pay for equal work.
1912-Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party became the first major political party to include a woman's
suffrage plank in its official platform.
1917-During WWI women's wartime work in heavy industry and public service jobs expanded
women's roles in society.
1933-Francis Perkins, the first women in a presidential cabinet, served as Secretary of Labor
throughout the Roosevelt administration, 1933-1945.
1966-The National Organization for Women (NOW) is founded by a group of feminists including Betty
Friedan. The largest women's rights group in the U.S. NOW seeks to end sexual discrimination,
especially in the workplace, by means of legislative lobbying, litigation, and public demonstrations.
WOMEN LABOR EVENT PART II
1981-Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme
Court.
1990-Women serve in combat for the first time, during the Gulf War.
2007-Arlene Holt Baker is named executive vice president by the AFL-CIO
Executive Council, becoming the first African-American to be elected to one of
the federation's three highest offices and the highest-ranking African-American
woman in the union movement.
2008-Randi Weingarten, Antonia Cortese and Loretta Johnson are elected to the
top leadership positions in the American Federation of Teachers. It's the first
time three women hold the top posts in AFT, whose membership is more than 70
percent female.
HALLEY BERRY
Halle Berry is an American actress
and former beauty queen. She won
an Academy Award for Best Actress
and was also nominated for a
BAFTA Award in 2001 for her
performance in Monster's Ball,
becoming the first woman of African
American descent to have won the
award. She is one of the most highly
paid actresses in Hollywood and
also a Revlon spokeswoman.I've pretty much learned I can let that [being black] hinder me if I want to ... or I can fight for different kinds of roles.
-Halle Berry
Q: In what year did Halley Berry win a Oscar?
To find out the answer go to Halley Berry/biography.com
OPRAH WINFREY
Media giant Oprah Winfrey was born
in the poor rural town of Kosciusko,
Mississippi on January 29, 1954. In
1976, Winfrey moved to Baltimore,
where she hosted a hit TV chat show,
People Are Talking, after which she
was recruited by a Chicago TV station
to host her own morning show. Later
she went on to pursue her two-and-a-
half decade stint as host of the wildly
popular Oprah Winfrey show.
Q: What secret did Oprah revel in the last episodes of her talk show?Find out at Oprah
Winfrey/biography.com
"The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.“ -Oprah Winfrey
DR. MAE C. JEMISON
Dr. Mae C. Jemison On September 12,
1992, Jemison flew into space with six
other astronauts aboard the Endeavour
on mission STS47. She became the 1st
female African American Astronaut in
the U.S. History. Jemison received
several awards and honorary doctorates.
After leaving the astronaut corps in
March 1993, Jemison accepted a
teaching fellowship at Dartmouth. She
also established the Jemison Group, a
company that seeks to research, develop,
and market advanced technologies.
Q: How old was she when she became
an astronaut?
To find out the answer go to Mae C.
Jemison biography.com
Quote "Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.”
-Mae C. Jemison
MARIE ANTOINETTEMarie Antoinette was 37yrs of age.
When she was 14 in 1769 she was
asked of she would marry king Louis.
1773, she and her husband ran away.
They were caught and had gotten
arrested for treason. 1789, she and her
family were arrested and were held like
pioneers in Versailles, Paris. January
21st, 1793 she was beheaded and her
daughter knew she was up soon. She is
one of the most important women
because of her inner strength.
APHRA BEHN
Aphra Behn (1641-1689), when she
was 23yrs old , she lived in
Suriname for about a year. In 1664,
she married a Dutch man which is
where she got the last name Behn.
Her husband later passed away in
1665 a year after they were married.
In 1670, Aphra made her first play
that was called “ the Farced
Marriage”. 1676 she came out with
a play called “Abdelazer”.
TUBMAN’S JOURNEY
During the Civil War, Harriet was a nurse,
a spy, and a scout, and Thomas Garrett,
her partner for many of the trips, died in
1871. Harriet joined Thomas Garrett in
death in 1913. Her birth year hasn't been
exactly determined, so it isn't known how
old she was when she died. But, it has
been determined she was born between
1816 and 1823. Harriet Tubman was the
"Moses of her people". She deserves that
name because of her epic, heroic
expeditions leading fugitive slaves to the
promised land where they would be safe.
TZU ITSI
Tzu Itsi (1835-1988) she gave birth to
her son in 1856, her husband passed
away soon after that. In 1873, her son
became the emperor. She started out
as no more then Hsian – Feng emperor
concousin. 1898 she decided to
eliminate China's corruption as best as
she could. In 1900, she was forced to
agree to flee and accept the peace
agreement terms. She passed away on
Nov. 13th. The day after her dad passed
away.
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1ST WOMEN TO BE ELECTED INTO
CONGRESS
Jeanette Rankin becomes the first
woman to serve in the U.S. Congress,
when most states don’t grant women
the right to vote. In 1916 she runs for
Congress as a progressive Republican
and wins serving one term, then
unsuccessfully ran for the Senate.
After a twenty year hiatus, working for
anti-war organizations, Rankin
successfully runs again for the House
in 1940. She follows her conscience
and votes against U.S. entry into
World War II, as she had done in the
previous war. She does not run for
reelection, instead choosing to devote
the rest of her life to promoting peace
in the United States and abroad.
THE 1ST WOMEN TO VOTE
July 1848 at Seneca Falls,
woman's rights
convention Charlotte
Woodward, she was
nineteen at the time in
1920 when women really
won the vote throughout
the nation.
ANNE FRANK
On July 6, 1942 Anne and her family went
into hiding during the holocaust in the
“secret Amex “an attic above her fathers
office. August 4, 1944 she and her family
were owned by the Nazi’s. they were
betrayed to the Nazis and all of them were
put in concentration camps. Ann frank is
one girl who influenced us all and she will
not be forgotten. Anne had left behind a
diary in the attic that she received on her
13th birthday. In 1933 her family moved to
Holland without her to flee from the Nazis
who were gaining power in Europe.
QUEEN ISABELLA
Born on April 22, 1451 in Madrigal
de las atlas Torres castile.1498 she
was proclaimed as the kings heiress
by the accord Ortoros de Guisando.
When she was 3yrs old her brother
became king henry. She was the
leader or Christopher Columbus
when he supposedly found the new
world. 1479, she married Aragorn.
She passed away on November 26,
1504 in Medina del campo, Spain.
QUOTES
“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion and will not
hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”
-Abigail Adams, U.S. First Lady, 1776
“I am prepared to sacrifice every so-called privilege I possess in order to have a few rights.”
-Inez Milholland, Suffragist 1909
“Modern dance isn't anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.”
-Martha Graham, choreographer, 1946
“I do not know the word 'quit.' Either I never did, or I have abolished it.”
-Susan Butcher, Iditarod winner, 1988
“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.”
-Roseanne Barr
“In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.”
-Margaret Thatcher, British politician
QUOTES
“That there is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave among
his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.”
-Helen Keller
“Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.”
-Gloria Steinem, feminist
“If women could go into your Congress, I think justice would soon be done to the Indians.”
-Sara Winnemucca, Piute tribe activist, 1883
“There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.”
-Mae West
“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!”
-Maya Angelou, African American poet
1.)Oyez.com
2.)100 most important women in history
3.)History alive
4.) Wikipedia
5.)Biography.com
6.)Google images
7.)About.com/women history month
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